2 Gary Heller’s resignation from the Exec. Committee:
Esther E.: all of the current members of the committee are native English
speakers; Gary has a lot to give as a member and we should go out of our way
to provide the right conditions for him to stay on.

Linda: we needn’t go out of our way to persuade anyone to
stay on as a member; my impression is that Gary is set on standing down. While
we can say that we’ll try to conduct business in English only, he can’t expect
us to commit ourselves to that as a policy.

3 2013 budget: Gary G. presented the 2012 balance sheet and
projected 2013 budget; “in 2012 we spent less than projected and received more
income than expected as a result of cautious estimates.” Gary suggested that we
add a line to the membership forms: “are you interested in making a donation to
something specific in the community?”.

5 Esther : we need to negotiate our fees with Wilk
(accountant); in the past he raised his fees due to problems with our
bookkeeping system. Now that this should be under control, there’s no reason we
shouldn’t be able to bargain him down. Esther agreed to speak to Wilk about
this.

6 Credit Cards: the Va’ad was presented with the relevant
conditions for accepting payment with credit cards (via Isracard) , and
accepted moving ahead with the project.

7 Building
Maintenance: J: our representative has sent out initial notice to all relevant
parties (architect, contractor, etc) about the falling stones problem and the
fact that we expect either a solution, or will move ahead by ourselves and sue.
We await their responses.

8 Past Events: Penina: I attended one of the pre-election
meetings, and it was excellent.

Tu B’Shvat: we had communal singing, a dvar torah , dried
fruit and everything went very well.

9 Future Events: Purim: Penina: there will be a meeting at
my place on motzei Shabbat to organize this. As regards Mishloach Manot, we’ve
lowered the prices, but will follow the same format as in previous years.

10 Shabbat Hagadol: Debbie Weissman and Pini Leiser
generally organize the speakers. J will follow up and find out what is being
organized. Donna said that she objects to splitting the kehilla for two
parallel Megilla readings on Purim evening